Join us alongside author Dr. Victoria Aarons for an evening exploring Holocaust Graphic Narratives: Generation, Trauma & Memory.

Employing memory as her controlling trope, in her novel Dr. Aarons analyzes the work of the graphic novelists and illustrators, making clear how they extend the traumatic narrative of the Holocaust into the present and, in doing so, give voice to survival in the wake of unrecoverable loss. The intergenerational dialogue established by Aarons’ reading of these narratives speaks to the on-going obligation to bear witness to the Holocaust. Examined together, these intergenerational works bridge the erosions created by time and distance.

As a genre of witnessing, these graphic stories, in retracing the traumatic tracks of memory, inscribe the weight of history on generations that follow.

Dr. Aarons holds the position of OR and Eva Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature at Trinity University.